Feed-box.



PATENTED FEB. 6, i906.

3. E. MONTYRB.

FEED BOX.

urmouio FILED Nov` 23, 1,904

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AFerarri? OFFICE.

JAMES I). MGINTYRE, OF CHICAGO LAWN, ILLINOIS.

FEED-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb 6. 1906.

To all whom; t may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES l?. Monrrnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago Lawn, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Feed-Boxes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to im rovements in feed hoppers or boxes; and ites Jfor its object the constructing of a box which is provided withmeans for automatically controlling the discharge of grain or the liketherefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby thedischarge of the material contained Within the box is controlledautomatically at predetermined periods.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for spacing thefeed-hopper from the wall to which it is adapted to be secured for thepurpose of providing a compartment on the back of said hopper for thereception of a lever to which is secured a slide Which is adapted toinclose the openin upon the bottom of said hop er and also or thepurpose of permitting o the assembling ci means with the said lever foractuating the same automatically.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of arts, as will behereinafter fully described in t e speciiication and more particularlypointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Fi re l is a vertical section through the feed opper or box. Fig. 2 is aside elevation of the hopper or box shown in transverse section. Fig. 3is a vertical section throu h the lower portion of the feed-hopper, thesame being provided with a modified form of valve.

Referring to the drawings b 1 numerals, 1 designates a sup orting or holingr board for the hopper, Whlc also forms one ofthe Walls of the same.For the purpose of providing reinforcing means and also for spacing thesupporting or holding board 1 from the walls of a barn or any building Iprovide cleats or spacing-strips 3 at the upper and lower ends of thewall 1 of the ho per. These cleats 3 are arranged in para el osition andare adapted to extend longitu inally of the feed box or hopper. Thefeed-box is also provided vvith a plurality of sides 4, which areprovided with inwardly-extending portions 5, which do not come entirelytogether at the lower portion, but terminate adjacent to each other,thereby forming an opening through which the material which is adapted.to be placed within the hopper is discharged. This opening in the lowerpart of said hopper is provided with a valve or slide 6 for the purposeof closing the same. The said valve 6 is carried upon a lever 7, andsaid lever '7 is pivotally mounted at 8 upon the rear portion of thesupporting or holding board 1 of the said ho per. The valve or slide 6is secured to a rig t-angle extension 9, formed integral with the lever7.

To prevent the slide from being moved except at predetermined periods, Ihave provided upon the front of the hopper and near the bottom oi thesame a suitable guard 1U, which is formed with concave-convex sideortions 1l said side portions 11 extending below the horizontal plane oithe slide or valve 6, which is carried by the lever 7. It will beapparent that by the assembling of this guard upon the feed box orhopper as shown in the drawings the same prevents the valve from beingactuated manually from` the front of the said feed-box Without theoperator tampering With the valve by reaching under the guard.

Secured to the end 12 ofthe lever 7 is a suitable cable 13, Which isadapted to be passed around a pulley 14 and connected with a suitableWei ht 15. The op osite end of said cable, whic is secured to t e leverat l2, is connected to a suitable cloclr mechanism 16, or, if it ispreferred, to electrical means for the purpose of permitting the leverto be moved upon its pivot -point 8, and thereby open the apertureformed in the bottom of the hopper at predetermined periods, as may bedesired by the operator of the device.

In the practical application of the device I have found it essential toconstruct the rear ortion of the hopper as shown in the drawings for thereason that it frequently occurs that the valve when provided with alever which extends to the front of the hop er is often actuated when itis not desire It will be apparent that an animal could operate the leverif the same was mounted upon the front portion oi the hopper; but by theIOO IIO

construction of the ho per and spacing the same from the walls oi) abuilding means is provided whereby the operation of the device isgreatly facilitated and the discharge of the grain or the like from thehopper is revented, except when the lever is operate( by the releasin ofthe cable, which is controlled by the cloc mechanism, and oWinlr to theweifht which is secured at one en( of the cab e the slide will beautomatically moved to one side of the discharge spout or bottom portionof the hopper and the material carried within the same is dischargedtherefrom into a suitable trough or receptacle 17, carried beneath thedischarge ortion of the ho iper or box. The slot whic is formed in t 1erear wall or holding-board 1 permits of the free movement of the rilit-angle portion 9 of the lever 7 when it is esired to move the valveor slide 7 either for closing the opening formed in the bottom of thehopper or :for`

opening the same.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the hopper provided with a modified form ofvalve. In this construction the holding-board 1 has a se mental slot oropening 18, extending latera y from one wall of the hopper; but thisslot is not arranged at the sides of the ho per-outlet, and thereforematerial passing om the hopper cannot fall through the slot 18 into thespace back of the holdin -plate In order to permit the use of a s otsuch as shown in this modification, it is necessary to pivot the lever19 above one end of the slot and to connect it to one edge of the valve20.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of a ho per,comprising a holdin -board, sides, and ront, said holdingboard aving ano ening, a lever carried by said holding-boar and projectin throu h saidopening, valve means carried rsaid ever, and guard means carried by saihopper.

2. In a device of the character descrlbed, the combination of a hopperprovided with means for spacing the same from the supporting-Walls, aguard secured upon the front of said hopper and adapted to project belowthe horizontal plane of the bottom of said hopper, a lever movablymounted upon the rear portion of said hop er, and means carried b r saidlever for contrdilng the openin and cIosing of the discharge-aperture ofsai ho per.

3. In a device of the character escribed, the combination with a hopperprovided with means for spacing the same from a wall, of a guard securedupon said hopper and projectlng below the discharge ortion thereof,valve means carried by said opper en aging said discharge portion of thesame, an means for automatically actuating said valve means engaging thedischarge 1portion of said hop` er.

4. n a device of t e character descri ed,

the combination of a hop er' comprising a back, sides, and front, said)back having an opening, and valve-carrying means secured to said hopperand extending through the opening of said back.

5. In a device of the character described7 the combination of a hop er,comprising a back, sides', and front, said )ack havmg a slot formedtherein. near the discharge-o ening of the hopper, valve means positionewithin the slotted portion of said back, and means for causing movementof said valve means.

6. In a device of the character described, the combination of a hopper,comprising a holding-board, sides secured to said holdingboard, a frontsecured to said sides, said hopper having a discharge-opening, saidholdingboard provided with a segmental slot formed therein near thedischarge-opening of the hopper, parallel spacing-strips securedtransversely of said holding-board and upon the back of the same, anangular lever secured to said holding-board and extending through saidslot, valve means secured to said lever and normally closing the openingof said hopper, a guard secured to the discharge end of said hopper andinclosing said valve means, a weight secured to said lever, and meansfor automatically causing movement of said lever.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a hopper, the back ofsaid hopper extending below the discharge end thereof, said back havingan opening formed therein contiguous to the discharge end of the ho per,lever means secured to said hop er, said ever means extending throughsaid s otted portion of the back, means carried by said lever forclosing the discharge-o ening of said hop er, a guard secured to said ioper and extending below the slotted portion oIthe back, comprisingconcavo-convexed sides, and substantially flat front, and means forcausing movement of said lever means.

8. In a device of the character described, the combination with ahopper, of valve means coacting with said hopper, and a guard secured tosaid hop er, comprising concavoconvexed sides an a flat front.

9. In a device of the character described, the combination of a hopperprovided with an opening formed in the back thereof, valve means movablypositioned within said opening, and guard means secured to said hopperand extending below the horizontal plane in which said opening isformed.

10. The combination with a support, of a hopper provided with an openingspaced from said support, and valve-carrying means extending through theopenin of said hopper and capable of closing the discharge end of thesame.

11. The combination with a support, of a honper having an elongatedopening and provi ed with spacing means, secured to said IOC support,and valve-carrying lever meens extending through seid elongated openingof said hopper, and normally closing the discharge end ofthe seme.

12. 1n e device of the character described, the combination of a hopperprovided with an elongated opening, valve Ineens ooaeting With seidhopper and positioned Within the elongated o en ortion thereof, e Wei htsecured to sei ve ve Ineens, and means vor eutomaticelly causingmovement of said valve Ineensv 13. The combination with e support, of ehopper provided with en opening spaced from sai d supportJ lever meansextending through seid opening, valve Ineens secured to seid lcverIneens, and e Weight secured to said lever means.

i4. The combination with e support, of a holder-board spaced from saidsupport, e hopper formed upon said holderboerd, seid ho er-boerdprovided with an opening neer the discharge end of seid hopper, e,movable isupport posltoned Within the opening of seid l o er-boerd, and'valve means earned by seid movable support.

In testimony whereof I hereunto will); my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

JAMES P. MCINTYRE. Vitnesses:

PEARL A. CROPPER, HERBERT L. VVnrrAKER.

